At W. Ross Macdonald, we have a full-time music therapist who works with students in our Elementary, Secondary and Deafblind schools. We have 2 music therapy rooms with a full array of instruments. The music therapist works with students to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, and spiritual health through self-expression, communication, interaction, and personal development. When our music therapist first works with a child, she does an assessment to determine the student’s interests, strengths, needs and goals for the sessions. Music therapy experiences may include playing instruments, improvisation, directed music listening tasks, rhythmic and expressive movement, composing, and singing.